• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedApril 10, 2024 →
• address417 Washington St, Boston 02108

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Is Metro Subway Inc. clean?

Metro Subway Inc. is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 10, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Metro Subway Inc.?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 10, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P)critical
• ⚠️Cooling Heating and Holding Capacities-Equipment (Pf)

Metro Subway Inc. inspection and administrative history

Metro Subway Inc. has 67 inspections on record going back to February 28, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Metro Subway Inc. vs Downtown

Downtown runs 92% clean across 993 tracked restaurants — 859 clean, 47 mid, 32 cooked.

Against the 993 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 2% of them.

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How Boston grades restaurants

Boston reports inspections as a pass or a fail, with no score and no letter. What separates a bad fail from a trivial one is the violation severity ladder: a single star is a minor issue, two stars is more serious, and three stars marks a critical foodborne-illness risk factor — temperature abuse, bad handwashing, cross-contamination. A restaurant can fail on paperwork alone, which is not the same as failing on food safety. Cooked splits Boston fails accordingly: a fail with a three-star violation reads cooked, a fail on minor items only reads mid.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated April 10, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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